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The slaughter debate has lost its sense of proportion

Is the real objection to shechita not to the treatment of the animal on four legs but to the person on two?

By Shimon Cohen

2 min read

Animals killed by shechita amount to a very small proportion of the nearly 20 million killed in a week (Photo: Getty Images)

Cattle and sheep graze on a farm in Sussex. (Image: Getty Images)

By Shimon Cohen

Shechita was never the animal-welfare problem – the new Food Standards Agency report shows why

2 min read

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Food Standards Agency says ‘no clear evidence’ non-stun slaughter is worse for animal welfare

By Mark Wood

2 min read

Esther McVey's bill has been criticised for creating an atmosphere where it is 'open season on Jewish religious practices' (Photo: BBC)

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Concern after kosher labelling bill passes first reading

By Jane Prinsley

3 min read

Shechita UK has called on the RSPCA to withdraw its campaign (Photo: Getty)

Kosher

RSPCA campaign for compulsory pre-slaughter stunning ‘deeply flawed’, Shechita UK says

By Simon Rocker

3 min read

By Shimon Cohen

Shechita on trial – a significant victory

2 min read

PR Office director Shimon Cohen said he had to make a change for his benefit (Photo: Omaggio)

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PR Office staff left in tears after company liquidated with no warning

By Felix Pope

5 min read

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Leading rabbi warns of battle to safeguard shechita in Europe after court ruling

Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt calls for concerted political efforts in defence of religious freedom

By Simon Rocker

1 min read

March 7, 2024 14:41

Manchester shechita operation goes into liquidation

Leader pledges: 'There will be shechita but under a different model'

By Simon Rocker

1 min read

August 10, 2022 16:01

Holstein cows in the pasture with copy space in blue sky

Shechita UK condemns Reform report that says pre-stunning better for animals

Kosher meat defence body's director Shimon Cohen slams 'woeful ignorance' of 'potentially dangerous intervention'

By Simon Rocker

2 min read

July 14, 2022 15:47

Shechita UK condemns Reform report that says pre-stunning better for animals

It is better for animals to be stunned before slaughter

Paper presented to Reform rabbis argues for a rethink on shechita and kashrut

By Rabbi Dr Jonathan Romain

3 min read

July 14, 2022 15:29

Animals should be stunned before shechita, report to Reform rabbis says

Rabbi Jonathan Romain, of Maidenhead Synagogue, insisted Reform rabbis were not advocating changes in government policy

By Simon Rocker

1 min read

July 14, 2022 12:07

TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY BENOIT FAUCHET A man checks carcases of bovine animals after a Kosher ritual slaughter, in Haguenau, eastern France on July 21, 2016. / AFP / FREDERICK FLORIN (Photo credit should read FREDERICK FLORIN/AFP via Getty Images)

By Shimon Cohen

Fine words at conferences are not enough - religious freedom is under threat

Last week's conference on Freedom of Religion or Belief sent out the right messages - but in the real world there are grave threats

2 min read

July 12, 2022 17:14

JERUSALEM - MARCH 20: Orthodox Jewish rabbis clean slaughtered chickens at the Jerusalem Chicken Factory March 20, 2006 in Jerusalem, Israel. Chickens are processed to make sure they are Kosher according to Jewish dietary laws. According to Israeli media, Bird Flu threatens about 40% of Israel's poultry sector if the Avian Flu continues to depress sales. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)

By The JC Leader

Threats to religious rituals show the importance of cross-faith collaboration

The JC leader 8 July 2022

1 min read

July 7, 2022 10:05

Brussels Regional Parliament votes against shechita ban

Chief Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmid said the result 'restores religious rights in the country'

By Felix Pope

1 min read

June 17, 2022 18:34

AL AIN, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - JUNE 20: Rabbi Elyahu Cohen inspects the kosher chicken production line at Farooj Al Ain Poultry Farm on June 20, 2021 in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates. Kosher is a term for food produced, processed and consumed in keeping with strict traditional Jewish dietary laws. Before the Abraham Accords, which formalized relations between the United Arab Emirates and Israel, Farooj Al Ain Poultry Farm had an informal relationship with the local Jewish community to provide its facilities for kosher compliant chicken processing. Pre-Abraham Accords, the farm was processing around 150 kosher chickens every few months. In less than a year after the deal was signed, the farm is processing over ten thousand kosher compliant chickens for commercial needs as demand for kosher food in the UAE grows. (Photo by Andrea DiCenzo/Getty Images)

Shechita

The slaughter debate has lost its sense of proportion

Shechita was never the animal-welfare problem – the new Food Standards Agency report shows why

Food Standards Agency says ‘no clear evidence’ non-stun slaughter is worse for animal welfare

Concern after kosher labelling bill passes first reading

RSPCA campaign for compulsory pre-slaughter stunning ‘deeply flawed’, Shechita UK says

Shechita on trial – a significant victory

PR Office staff left in tears after company liquidated with no warning

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